The Story of an Eyewitness by Jack London is his report on the aftermath of the huge earthquake in San Francisco‚ California on April 18th‚ 1906. Mission Street I saw a milk wagon. A steel telegraph pole had smashed down sheer through the driver’s seat and crushed the front wheels. The milk cans lay scattered around. All day Thursday and all Thursday night‚ all day Friday and Friday night‚ the flames still raged on. Friday night saw the flames finally conquered‚ though not until Russian Hill
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structures‚ and monuments which make the city what it is today but none can compare to the Golden Gate Bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge was opened May 27‚ 1937 which marked its start as becoming one of the most internationally recognized symbols in San Francisco and the United States as a whole. The American Society of Civil engineering acknowledged the Golden Gate Bridge as one of the Wonders of the Modern World due to its beauty and popularity among photographers‚ tourists‚ and civil engineering enthusiasts
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The Conquest of the Incas The Conquest of the Inca Empire was the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of America. After year of preliminary exploration‚ 169 Spanish soldiers under Francisco Pizarro and their native allies. In 1528‚ Spanish arrives at border of Inca Empire the empire spanned a considerable distance. Unlike the European the Incas still leaved in secret time. In 1532‚ Pizarro returned to Peru with small private army. At first the local people fed this stranger
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Mahiganting Langit Ni Francisco Balagtas December 10‚ 2013 The poem Mahiganting Langit is from the literary work of Francisco Balagtas entitled Florante at Laura and this was considered as one of the masterpiece on Philippine Literature. Francisco Balagtas wrote several poems but what makes him well-known is the poem Florante at Laura. Florante at Laura is a depiction of the unconditional love between two people despite of all the hardship given by the situation. The selection Mahiganting Langit
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In July 1936‚ the civil war flared up in Spain between two groups: the Republicans (also known as : the left side)‚ supported by the USSR and some Americans volunteered‚ and the Nationalists ( also known as : The right side)‚ led by General Francisco Franco and supported by the Italians and Germans. The war is going to be characterized by the battles going back and forth during the three year period the war last (1936-1939). The consequences of this war were dramatic; 700‚000 soldiers were
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THE GOD STEALER Francisco Sionil José They were the best of friends and that was possible because they worked in the same office and both were young and imbued with a freshness in outlook. Sam Christie was twenty – eight and his Filipino assistant‚ Philip Latak‚ was twenty – six and was – just as Sam had been at the Agency before he assumed his post – intelligent and industrious. “That is to be expected‚” the official whom Sam replaced explained “because Philip is Ifugao and you don’t know patience
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more than 800 miles from the northern end of the Gulf of California through western California‚ passing seaward into the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of San Francisco. Tectonic movement along the fault has been associated with occasional large earthquakes originating near the surface along its path‚ including a disastrous quake in San Francisco in 1906‚ a less serious event there in 1989‚ and a strong and destructive quake centered in the Los Angeles suburb of Northridge in 1994 that occurred along
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ENGINEERING COVER LETTER VISHAL S. SHAH 1686 Great Highway # 1 San Francisco‚ CA 94122 February 27‚ 20xx Mr. Robert Masik Lite-On USA International 726 S. Hillview Drive Milpitas‚ CA 95035 Dear Mr. Masik: Please accept my enclosed resume in application for your advertised Technical Support Analyst/Engineer. I am confident that my education and experience have prepared me for the position that you have available‚ and my unique abilities will enable me to contribute significantly towards your objectives
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1934 ( That’s when it was built) to 1963 (That’s when it was closed). It held the most insane criminals to the most smartest criminals. Alcatraz Island was a maximum high-security federal prison that was 1.25 million (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco‚ California.” Al Capone”‚”Roy G. Gardner”. These two were some of the people who were sent to Alcatraz for murder‚robbery‚ kidnapping‚ and rape. Al capone was a famous gangster who attained fame during
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the news of the discovery spread throughout the country and then reached the Hawaiian Island‚ Peru‚ Chile‚ Argentina‚ Europe and even China. Within a year‚ tens of thousands of gold seekers‚ popularly known as ‘49ers‚ arrived in San Francisco‚ California. San Francisco had changed almost overnight from tiny settlement with population 1‚000 to town with population over 25‚000 and by 1869 had risen to 56‚000. Reflecting on the past now‚ it is evident that they did indeed change the city and the state
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